Ukraine’s Supreme Rada has ruled to designate October 25, 2016 as the day of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of elimination of the Armenian Catholic Church of Western Ukraine, Interfax reports. According to the source, the bill was backed by 240 national deputies at a parliamentary sitting today. The Armenian Catholic Church of...

MOSCOW (AP) ” The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the deployment of armed OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine.Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke after the Russian leader attended the four-way talks in Berlin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was not optimistic of reaching a deal over the partnership between the European Union and Ukraine, which was rejected by Dutch voters in a referendum in April …read more Source: The Daily...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “no miracles” were achieved on the Ukraine crisis on Oct. 20, but talks with the country’s leader and his Russian and French counterparts did lead to some progress on ending a deadlock in the peace process. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...

MOSCOW – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin were “as a whole, positive”. Speaking on a conference call with journalists, Peskov said the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine “swapped… …read more Source:...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has conducted drills involving state-of-the art missiles near the nation’s western border, amid tensions in relations with the West. The Defense Ministry said Thursday that the drills involved Iskander-M missiles. The war games were held at a shooting range near the city of Luga, about 100 kilometers (60...

“Better this than nothing” was the reaction after Vladimir Putin’s first visit to Germany since the Ukraine crisis. But it’s unclear whether the meeting will yield any concrete results on either that conflict or Syria. …read more Source: Deutsche...